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CCPI Job Families
Job Families and Subfamilies
A job family is a broad grouping of jobs that share a similar core function and purpose. Jobs are grouped by the nature of the work they perform. They can sometimes be referred to as an occupation or a profession. These groupings help categorize and organize roles systematically, laying the foundation for building a competitive and market-based pay structure, ensuring equitable and fair compensation practices, and providing staff with a better understanding of career pathways.
For example: Finance, Budget & Planning is a job family that consists of jobs that are typically responsible for financial planning, budgeting, financial analysis, and asset management functions.
While job families group jobs with a similar core function and purpose together, there are differences in the specific tasks performed, level of responsibilities, and requirements.
A subfamily further refines jobs within a job family by creating subsets of jobs based on specialized functions or areas of work. These jobs share similar skills, knowledge, and abilities.
For example: Accounting, Contracts & Procurement, Financial Analysis, Financial Administration & Operations, Payroll & Tax, and Investments are all subfamilies within the Finance, Budget & Planning job family.
Key Characteristics of Job Families
- Varying Sizes and Specialties: Some job families are larger than others and may include subfamilies that describe more specialized functions within the broader family.
- Single Job Family Assignment: Each job is uniquely assigned to one job family, ensuring clarity and consistency in classification.
- Departmental Versatility: Jobs within a single job family can be found across many different departments.
- Primary Role Alignment: The assigned job family and subfamily most closely aligns with the primary responsibilities of the position. If a job spans multiple functions, it is assigned to the family representing the greatest percentage of the position's duties.
Benefits of Job Families and Subfamilies
- Provide a structured way to organize and manage roles
- Group similar positions to market pay ensuring fair and equitable compensation
- Aid development of standardized job descriptions, where applicable
- Provide clarity on roles, responsibilities, and necessary skill
The Academic Affairs Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to various academic functions, including instruction, faculty development, faculty affairs, academic program development, and overall academic affairs.
The Academic & Student Services Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to a wide range of support services to enhance the student experience and promote student success.
The Administration / Management Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to various administrative and operational functions.
The Advancement Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to various aspects of development and alumni relations.
The Arts, Library & Museum Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to creative, informational, and cultural activities within the University.
The Athletics Job Family ypically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to various aspects of athletic programs, including coaching, wellness and performance, and administration and operations.
The Audit, Compliance & Legal Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to the delivery, oversight, and management of the University's internal audit, compliance, and legal functions.
The Communications, Marketing & Events Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to communication, marketing, and event planning.
The Community Relations & Engagement Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to creating programs, practices, and processes which are open to all staff that build and maintain positive relationships with government agencies, community leaders, and other stakeholders.
The Facilities Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to various aspects of the University's facilities services, operations, and maintenance.
The Finance, Budget & Planning Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to financial planning, budgeting, financial analysis, and asset management functions.
The Health & Medical Services Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to providing comprehensive health and medical support to individuals and the community.
The Human Resources Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to managing the workforce and creating a positive, supportive, and productive environment for staff to succeed.
The Information Technology Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to the full spectrum of IT functions.
The Research Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to scientific and academic research to advance knowledge and innovation.
The Research Administration Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to the administrative, regulatory, and operational aspects of research activities.
The Safety Job Family typically includes jobs that oversee, lead, or contribute to ensuring the health, safety, and security of the campus community and environment
Executive Leadership Job Family
Executive leadership includes only the most senior leadership positions within the University. This group of jobs will be limited to staff in the executive level career stream who have a major responsibility for multiple segments of an organizational area or University-wide function(s).